Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Fogera Plain, Ethiopia - Round 2 Report 

Abstract

This report presents an assessment of the changes in effects of COVID-19 on agricultural commercialisation, food and nutrition security, labour and employment, and poverty and well-being in rural Ethiopia by comparing the results of a baseline household survey (R1) in late June 2020 with a follow-up survey (R2) in late October 2020. Data was collected from a stratified random sample of 106 smallholder rice farmer households (24 female and 82 male-headed) in five kebeles (villages) in the Fogera Plain area of Amhara Region. Data was also collected through 25 key informant interviews conducted in the kebeles.

The Covid-19 Pandemic and Household Rice Consumption Patterns in Ethiopia: The Case of Addis Ababa

“…All households surveyed were aware of the pandemic and government-led prevention guidelines, which was a similar result to a study conducted on the impacts of COVID-19 on food systems and rural livelihoods in the Fogera Plain (Assaye and Alemu 2020). Unlike rural areas in the Fogera Plain, where agricultural livelihood activities were not generally affected by COVID-19, in Addis Ababa livelihood activities had been affected, resulting in reduced self-reported income for more than two-thirds of respondents (Abate, de Brauw and Hirvonen 2020).…”